Officer dragged by suspect getaway car in Castro
by Bay City NewsA police officer was dragged by a car after a suspect fled from police in San Francisco's Castro district Sunday afternoon, police said.Police responded around 12:35 p.m. to a report...
View ArticleTips prompt weekend searches for 21-year-old man missing since February 2013
by Bay City NewsThe search for a man missing in San Francisco since February 2013 has been re-energized this weekend after a possible sighting of the 21-year-old last week, a search organizer said...
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Revelers flood Hippie Hill for 4/20 party; several arrested on felony charges
by Laura Dudnick The grass was high, the fields were ripe; it was the springtime of their life. The lyrics from Simon & Garfunkel’s “A Hazy Shade of Winter” appeared to ring true by all accounts...
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Opponents to proposed Huntington Park fence may earn reprieve
by Joshua Sabatini A group of neighbors who say the planned installation of a 6-foot-high fence around the perimeter of Nob Hill’s Huntington Park is mostly unpopular with residents may have bought...
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Dot-com-era Bennett Lofts live-work units clash with SF’s current housing crisis
by Chris Roberts Live-work lofts were a flashpoint during San Francisco’s first dot-com boom over a decade ago, and now they are again wrapped up in a city housing controversy. No tenants are feeling...
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Teen OK after riding in wheel well of Hawaii jet
by The Associated PressOfficials say a 16-year-old boy is "lucky to be alive" and unharmed after flying from California to Hawaii stowed away in a plane's wheel well, surviving cold temperatures at...
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Man knocked out, carjacked in the Bayview last week
by Rob NagleA man who was just trying to make sure the trunk of his car was closed was knocked out and carjacked in the Bayview last Thursday, police said Monday.The 36-year-old victim was driving his...
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Police release list of arrests from 4/20 celebration
by Rob NagleAs the 4/20 celebration goes up in smoke, police have released the list of arrests and incidents associated with the mostly peaceful event.Police made a total of 10 arrests, four of which...
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Woman uses butter knife to rob cab driver of tablet
by Rob NagleA cab driver was robbed by a woman with a butter knife in the Tenderloin on Sunday, police said Monday.The 43-year-old man driving the cab was in the area of Ellis and Hyde streets with...
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Alleged DUI driver arrested after crash into Muni bus stop
by Bay City NewsA man who drove into a San Francisco Municipal Railway bus stop and seriously injured a woman in The City's Mission Terrace neighborhood Friday night was allegedly under the influence,...
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Man robbed at gunpoint, knocked out and dumped at Fort Funston
by Rob NagleA man was robbed at gunpoint and abducted in the Sunset early Monday morning and left unconscious at Fort Funston, police said.The 28-year-old victim was parking his motorcycle at 36th...
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PG&E pleads not guilty to charges in deadly San Bruno blast
by The Associated Press PG&E pleaded not guilty Monday to a dozen felony charges stemming from alleged safety violations in a deadly 2010 natural gas pipeline explosion in San Bruno. As survivors...
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Warriors nix waterfront arena, buy Salesforce Mission Bay site instead
by Jonah Owen Lamb The Golden State Warriors have purchased land in Mission Bay for a planned San Francisco basketball arena, The San Francisco Examiner has learned. The team had generated controversy...
View ArticleSan Mateo Republican office looks to tech industry to create voter database
by S. Parker Yesko The Republican Party is hoping to seize the Democrats’ apparent high-tech edge in the 2014 election season, and a new San Mateo outpost has become the incubator for the initiative....
View ArticleEurope larger Bay Area trading partner than China, study says
by Jonah Owen Lamb China, only surpassed by the United States in economic output, is one of the largest trading partners for America, and by extension, the Bay Area. Products by tech giants, including...
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U.S. Postal Service taking orders for Harvey Milk stamp
by The Associated Press The U.S. Postal Service will feature a close-up, black-and-white photograph of Harvey Milk on its commemorative stamp of the San Francisco politician and gay-rights icon. The...
View ArticleApple seeks more environmentally-friendly efforts
by The Associated Press Apple is offering free recycling of all its used products and vowing to power all of its stores, offices and data centers with renewable energy to reduce the pollution caused...
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Supervisors push to revise laws regulating arcade gaming
The decision by an Upper Haight silk-screen business to put pinball machines in unused spaces has created a vibrant gaming site. But talk about a gutter ball: city laws do not allow it — although...
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SF green companies that practice what they preach
by Jessica Kwong Every workday, Rick Hutchinson takes Muni to the Montgomery Street station and walks to his San Francisco-based company’s office about a block away. For trips to the East Bay, he...
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SF schools seek to extinguish e-cigarette use on campuses
by Laura Dudnick It’s no secret that cigarettes are both bad for your health and widely outlawed throughout San Francisco, including at public schools. But the rising popularity of electronic...
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